Mufti of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory Nurbiy Emizh, on behalf of the Muslims of these regions, addressed the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church with a request to “unanimously vote for the candidate for patriarch, Metropolitan Kirill.” The patriarchal locum tenens “is respected not only by Christians, but also by us, Muslims, and we hope that he will continue the policy of the late Patriarch Alexy II, the policy of peace, mutual understanding between the Orthodox and Muslims of

On January 14, a presentation of the third volume of the "Atlas of Contemporary Religious Life in Russia" took place in Moscow. This is the final volume of a publication prepared by members of Russian academic institutions in collaboration with the Keston Institute (Oxford) based on field research conducted in 78 regions of Russia in 1997-2005. The project manager is Sergey Filatov, a senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

On December 20, 2008, students of one of the Ryazan schools, returning from the military-patriotic holiday “Battle of Listvyanka” organized by the Ryazan Kremlin museum-reserve, took part in a protest against the transfer of the Kremlin complex to the Ryazan diocese. A few days later, the director of this school received a call from a man who introduced himself as an employee of the department for combating youth extremism.

On January 16, 2009, from the report of the Collegium of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Stavropol Territory, dedicated to the results of work for 2008, it became known that last year a nationalist group was localized in Nevinnomyssk, involved in a number of attacks on people of "non-Slavic nationality " . The report of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate states that members of the group used hunting weapons in the attacks.

On January 16, 2009, the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow delivered a guilty verdict in the case of Maxim Martsinkevich (Tesak), leader of the Format-18 nationalist organization, and his accomplice Artem Zuev, accused under paragraphs. "a", "c" part 2 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred or enmity committed by an organized group with the use of violence or with the threat of its use).

On January 15, 2009, in Moscow, near house 21 along Azovskaya Street, an attack was made on a citizen of Bangladesh, Maknunur Rahman, a student at the Sechenov Medical Academy. The victim went to the police a few hours after the attacker hit him on the head with a heavy object. A criminal case has been initiated under Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism). The investigation does not exclude the version of a nationalist attack.

was once again updated On January 16, 2009, the Federal List of Extremist Materials . 7 more materials were included in it, 6 of which were published in the newspaper "Lubimiy Novosibirsk". Thus, at present, the list includes 308 items (de facto - 299 items, because we recall that 9 items are included in it twice). List updated 16 January 2008 Numbers 2-5 of the printed edition "Wrath of Perun" [neo-Nazi almanac, close to the St.

On January 10, 2009, an attack was made on the territory of Moscow State University on a 3rd year student of the Faculty of Sociology, a Chinese citizen. The attackers inflicted 18 stab wounds on the student and fled, which was recorded by a video camera. The attack took place in a dimly lit place, on the path from the main building of Moscow State University to the metro. The young man was not robbed. The victim was hospitalized.

The deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Trans-Baikal Territory postponed their first session from February 13 to February 11. According to the deputies, "Friday the 13th is not the best day for holding the first general meeting of the year." At the first meeting, the deputies plan to approve the Charter of the Trans-Baikal Territory.

On January 15, 2009, a criminal case was opened in the Orenburg region under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) for literature that incites religious discord. On May 19, 2008, in the village of Repino, Gaisky district, in the house of a local resident, ten printed publications (three books, three brochures and four leaflets) were found and confiscated, which her husband had received from persons unidentified by the investigation.

We are publishing the text of the guilty verdict in the case of an activist of the Union of the Russian People (Turik-Nazarov) Alexei Mozzhegorov (author of the "Recommendations of the Movement "Live without fear of Judaism!" on the prevention and protection of Russian patriots from criminal prosecution (Articles 280,282, 282.1, 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation"*) dated January 14, 2009 on charges of inciting ethnic hatred.